The census is the most basic registration system for a country to grasp the national situation. With the emergence of human development, people themselves have become private property that is in the pocket of the income rulers.

Census is the most basic registration system for a country to grasp the national situation. With the emergence of human development, people themselves have become private property that is in the pocket of the income rulers.

Since the Shang Dynasty, my country has begun to consciously register and grasp the population, but the system is not sound enough and the form is relatively rough.

By , the country began to have exclusive departments engaged in this matter, information collection began to be systematic, and the content began to become more detailed and clear.

Hometown is a custom that has always been registered by the government, but do you know that the information on ancient hometowns was much richer than that of today. Ancient people asked about your hometown and could basically find out your family’s background.

Hometown represents identity

The ancient "ji" and "guan" are interpreted separately. Originally, it refers to the family unit, but later implemented the household service system, it refers to household registration and service, which represents the social rank of the family and the industry engaged in by ancestors;

in the dictionary means originality, the old Guan, that is, the original residence, so Guan refers to the residence.

So the word "home" is the focus on family. A lot of important social attribute information about family is reflected here. Let's analyze it below.

Feudal society, with strict classes, people are divided into different levels, high and low, household registration is a tangible carrier of identity recognition, and it is clearly classified among the crowd.

is a noble family, and is the top class of society. Needless to say, the people with this household registration are either rich or noble, not only have noble status, but also have a wealthy family.

Class II is good , generally it is an ordinary family, at least with personal freedom, and there are basically no major stains for generations. From the hard farming family to the elegant scholarly family, although it is not plagued by wealth, it can be considered as self-sufficient in food and clothing, and is considered a well-off family.

Class three are business , means merchants. Because of the ancient background of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, their household registration was one level lower than that of ordinary families. The advantage of business families was that they could own a large amount of private property through operation, but the power to participate in politics was deprived to a certain extent, such as not being able to take scientific examinations.

The fourth category is slave . As the name suggests, it is mainly a group of servants and servants. This type of population is privately owned by specific noble families. The most obvious feature is that it has no personal freedom. Once a contract is signed for a contract to sell one's life, it will be the property of the owner until his death. The household registration of the

family is generally based on the inheritance of several generations, but it can also be changed through some special channels, such as marriage, which is why there was a saying in ancient times that "climbing the dragon and attaching to the phoenix" became the best.

For example, donating money, applying to local governments, etc. However, the fifth group is obviously unfortunate, and it is difficult to turn over even through various efforts.

categories are the cheap that we often listen to on TV. They are the lowest-level people in society and most of the industries they engage in are in public, such as prostitutes, actors, etc., which are not only despised.

The most terrifying thing is that once the nature of a lowly family is established, it will never be turned over. Such an identity will even be infinitely extended with future generations. can only change the citizenship unless you encounter a general amnesty or special reward, but the chance of such a person is slim.

Therefore, in ancient times, marriages and marriages were emphasized as equals, and households mean household registration. Once they entered the wrong citizenship, it would not only have a significant impact on themselves, but also on their descendants.

The obvious dividing line of social classes has caused people of different classes to cause many irreconcilable contradictions in the development of history, and even many terrible tragedies of the times. Finally, this classification standard was completely abolished during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty.

National status represents family occupation

In ancient society, civilians were all owned by the supreme rulers. Except for slaves, the so-called freedoms owned by ordinary people were only relative freedom. The professions that the people engage in are subject to a certain extent by the state, and the distribution of work is manifested in corvee service.

We often hear that in ancient times, the country needs to defend its territory for marching and fighting, but the normal operation of a country is far more than this. Therefore, the imperial court called for corvee not only for soldiers who defend their country, but also for craftsmen who participated in the country's infrastructure, merchants who developed the country's economy, etc.

And because corvee service is basically "full of the world" in every dynasty, that is, lifelong service, this has made the industry recognition of a family positioned and become a proprietary attribute in household registration.

household service means that the court draws a certain proportion of people to serve the court in a certain proportion of each household. And service is defined on this basis based on the classification of occupations engaged in.

Services generally emphasize the classification of jobs in the family industry, and have nothing to do with the level of occupations engaged in. For example, if you are requisitioned as a soldier by the court, you will be military , whether it is the best general or an unknown soldier; when you are assigned to a doctor, you will be established as a medical official, whether it is a medical official in the court or a small follower in the court; if you are assigned to engage in commercial construction by the court, you will be a commercial... and so on.

Therefore, based on the other party's service classification, you can infer the other party's family background, professional skills, active industry scope, etc.

With the changes in the dynasty, the specific categories are different, and they generally focus on four categories: scholars, agriculture, industry and business. However, some industries belong to the state, such as salt industry, coins, weapons, etc. The absolute strength of this family in certain aspects can be seen from the industry they are engaged in.

Ancient lands are different with the changes of the times and the contemporary usage methods. In contemporary use, homes sometimes refer to the birthplace of ancestors, and sometimes they are a summary of the overall family background.

The use of modern social origins

Now, our household registration book registration still retains the local origin, but since it is an equal society, there is no hierarchical barrier between anyone, so naturally there is no social hierarchy.

plus the diversity of occupations in modern society, there is no distinction between high and low, so naturally there is no difference between household registration and service registration. The function of household registration has been abandoned, so the usage in the end is only retained to identify the region. Although the function and amount of information have been simplified, the origin still plays an important role in modern society.

Most modern homeland refer to the place of residence of our ancestors. Chinese people pay attention to falling leaves returning to their roots. When mentioning homeland, it can show that a person is not a tree without roots, and he has the humanistic sentiment of not forgetting his hometown.

biologically can identify individual regional attributes, and is a major marker for tracing individual genes.

National origin also plays an important role in social interaction. It is the second largest inheritance symbol besides surnames. Surnames can mourn heroes and heroes from the genealogy and increase personal pride. National origin can quickly establish a communication bridge with local people and quickly increase a sense of intimacy.